In this new series, we have asked some of our former teacher guests to come on and share their expertise on a couple questions per episode. On this second episode, we welcome Aaron Jones, Alina Shishina, Will Rice, Bruno Di Stefano and Matthew Green!

Questions for this episode:

#1: What is your favorite prop? When and how do you use it?

#2: What is your favorite thing about the GrapeSEED program at YOUR school? 

In episode seven of this series, Bruno Di Stefano and I talk about three beloved GrapeSEED materials. We will share stories and talk about specific practical teaching tips.

U10 Whose Is It? 0:45

U11 What I Saw 8:15

U2 Ten Things 16:45

The focus component in this Take a Step episode is Unit 7's Tonya Had a Little Lamb.

In this series, we look at the learning objectives and Quick Checks for the focus component and how the day-to-day instructions in the Lesson Plans guide us to achieving those goals!

On this episode of GrapeSEED Friends, we welcome Matthew Green, a long-time GrapeSEED teacher and now head teacher at a big school in Tokyo, Japan!

In this new series, we have asked some of our former teacher guests to come on and share their expertise on a couple questions per episode. On this first episode, we welcome Aaron Jones, Alina Shishina, Will Rice and Bruno Di Stefano!

Questions for this episode:

#1: How do you quickly and effectively memorize student names at the start of a new school year or when you teach a new class? 

#2: I Say, You Do in Unit 1 is an action activity where the teaching card only has a list of written commands. What advice do you have for teachers teaching this for the first time with their class? 

This is another episode in the Ten Things series, where I sit down with a coach or former teacher and have a fun, relaxed conversation about GrapeSEED.

The guest for this episode is Cindy Ota, a GrapeSEED Coach in Japan!

On this This and That episode, Miklos and I grab a random Lesson Plan and talk through how we would prepare for it and give advice on things to consider.

This time, we talked about Unit 5 Lesson 12. If you have any requests for specific questions to hear about in the future, send them in to [email protected]!

The focus material in this Take a Step episode is Unit 6's Freeze!

In this series, we look at the learning objectives and Quick Checks for the focus component and how the day-to-day instructions in the Lesson Plans guide us to achieving those goals!

On this episode of GrapeSEED Friends, we welcome Polina Protopopova, a GrapeSEED teacher in Russia!

On this episode of GrapeSEED Friends, we welcome a teacher with some great advice for remote TSI (online lessons). Our guest is Anna Shimeki in Japan!